6 IHARRISBURG TELEGRAPH [d.. yEWBPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 [Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. iTtlccnyk BilMlnc, Federal Sqaar* E. J. STACKPOLE ' President and Editor-in-Chief sp7r. OYSTER, Business Manager GUS. M. STEIN'METZ, Managing Editor [A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Doard 'JJP. McCULLOUGH, " " BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en- j titled to the use for republication , of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this fi&per and also the local news pub- i lshed herein. All rights of republication of special ' dispatches herein are also reserved, i ; t Member American j Aasocla- i Bureau of Circu- ' latlon and Penn- Associa- EaMern o_f ce. ! Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Hsrris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a cmpSMSmtfe week; by mail. SO.OOa year In advance. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, IAI9 Profits are legitimate only u-hcii they come from service. —Woomiow W lI.SON. RIGHT, MR. FRAYNE HUGH FRAYNE, New York labor leader, hit the nail 1 squarely on the head when he told the State Education Conference, Thursday night, that much of the j discontent of the masses can be dis- [ sipated by proper education in the . public schools. Mr. Frayne's remarks were by far j the most important of the whole con- j ference. What he said goes to the ! root of the whole matter. W'e have j neglected shamefully neglected— j cvery-day business economics in our public schools. The fundamentals j upon which business is founded are ; strangers in the classroom. Business as it is conducted in the United States is a matter the pupil is sup posed to learn about after he leaves school, If ever. So, to the man ignorant of the methods of business, the flannel mouthed agitators have come with their half-truths and have set class ■against class in a manner that never j [would have been possible if the man j [on the job had understood all the i factq in the case. Only a compar- | 'atively few Americans are good . businessmen, but every American j should have at least the'rudiments, | tho fundamentals, of trade. He ought j to know how hard one dollar must j work, twenty-four hour 3 to the day, I to earn five cents during a whole j year. 'He ought to be able to base I his judgment on facts. He ought to } know the equities and the justice of j every complaint or disagreement. But he won't know those things j vntil the school of the State teaches j them. Mr. Frayne is right. Properly i taught school courses in economics, j social justice and fair play would | do a lot toward quelling public dis- I content. Now if Mr. Lodge can ue content with his victory, and Mr. Wilson with his, we may be able to get some rea sonable action soon en the Peace Treaty. AGENTS OF THE DEVIL THE "reds" of the United States are planning to send infernal machines through the mails disguised as Christmas packages. These are the men who want to "reform" the country and give us j a "model" government, and they I choose the season of "peace on earth I and good will toward men," when j the whole world pauses to do honor j to the Babe in the Manger, for their I nefarious schemes. They would do murder in the name of Jesus Christ. Beside such beasts Judius Iscariot stands out as a saint. Come on with these army provi sions. Mr. Mayor, our hrnn bag Is get ting low and our bacon supply short. WHY IT COSTS MORE PERRY county people—at least those outside the larger towns —are enjoying forty-flve-cent butter and sixty-five-cent eggs, with other country produce prices equal ly reasonable. But that does not mean we in the city can hope to enjoy such advan tages. It would cpst us time and money to go out into the country to take advantage of t' esp bargains. Indeed, the cost wouh lie so exces sive It would not pay us to make the trip. So It is only reasonable that when others go out and bring the atuff to town for us and sell it to a grocer who sells It to us, the price of the trip, plus a profit each for the buyer and the grocer, must be added and thus we get high prices. That Is our one great trouble to day—distribution. Get that down to the least number of transactions and the smallest amount of handling between producer and consumer and prices would fall at once. Very often the cost of transportation and selllas are by far the largest ele- SATURDAY EVENING, ments In the price of foods. Tho State Bureau of Markets is paying more attention to this phase of the food question than to all others to gether. The Thanksgiving turkey qfems perfectly gaffe; nobody has the money to buy and the bird is too valuable for the farmer to kill. . ML ST SETTLE THE coal operators and the soft coal miners must settle theth differences. MUSI" is the word. The public will listen to nothing else. We must have conl and the people outside the mines stand solidly back of Administrator Gar field in his demands that the mines be kept running. If either the miners or the operators, or both, are un reasonable it will go hard with them. If by reason of idleness mines millions of people are rendered idle and homes are cold in winter, the strike as an institution in the settle ment of labor dispute: will get such a black eye in America as it will not recover from in many years and the whole labor movement will come under the ban of public disapproval, whether it deserves it or not. That is the temper of the public at this moment. But it is to he expected that rea son will prevail. Bach's Review, discussing Ihe mine situation tnkes a most liberal view of the whole matter, saying: That the coal miners are not immediately returning to work is not to be wondered at. when thr pleasures of a vacation from this discomforting work are considered. The claims of the workers wi'l be reviewed under circumstances favorable to them. Their action in striking Is not laid up against them. as. under tlio tyranny of leadership which pertains in the union, they had little choice hut to strike. The [ defeat in this and the steel strike is not especially a rebuke to the | workers themselves, but a square j blow nt Bolshevist despotism en- I deavored to be put over Amerl- ; ran workingmen by revolutionary leaders. It cannot be doubted that the whole soft coal disagreement could have been adjusted had not radical leaders insisted upon demands of an impossible char.e :.ci. The people as a whole are oppo ed to six-hour days and five-dry weeks. More and more it is becoming jienerally recog nized that work and work alone, which means increased production, will bring down the high cost of liv ing, and with living costs down and wages continuing high, there will be small reason for wage disputes. The American people are slow to anger, hut mighty when aroused, and just now they have th-ir eyes on the soft coal fields, fully determined that the miners shall receive every consider ation to wlvch they are'entitled, but not one penny more They sympa thize with the workmen in their ef forts to benefit themselves and im prove their condition, but they have absolutely no time for radicalism of leadership on one side or pig headed stand-patism on the other. The fellow who advised us to do our Christmas shopping early ought to have invented a way of getting the money al the same time. LINCOLN, THE PROPHET ABRAHAM LINCOLN was a man of vision, but not-a visionary. Speaking at Springfield, 111., in 1837, he foretold the growth of law lessness so menacing in the United States to-day. In the course of his address he said: At what point shall we expect ' the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against • it? Shall we expect some trans- ! Atlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? ! Never! All the armies of Europe, j Asia and Africa combined with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their mili- 1 tary chest, with a Bonaparte for i a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio ov ' make a track in the Blue Ridge j in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then, is tho ap proach of danger to be expected? ! I answer, if it ever reaches us it | must spring up amongst us: it | cannot come from abroad. If e written in ciders, in spelling ' hooks and in almanacs: let It he ! preached from the piilnlts. pro eiHmcd in legislative halls and enforced in courts of justice. And. j In short, let It become the po. tjticcl rel'-ion r f the Notion: and I let the o'd and the young. th° I rich and the noor. the grave and ! the gnv of all nexes and tonguen | end colors end conditions sacrl- | fice unceasingly unon Its altars. GOING TO IT COMMISSIONER LYNCH will not need to bother about "his re-election for four years and being relieved of that I'ttle annoy ance In the life of the average of ficial he will be the better able to work out the important highway problems which confront his de partment. His program for 1920 Is construc tive in character and will continue the good work which has made this city an example for other munici palities. Only the other day a prominent citizen tcld how ho had mentioned Harrlsburg In a company of persons at New York and was immediately met with a most complimentary reference to the paved highways of this city. So it goes everywhere; our good name is a prime asset which we are all beginning to appreciate. ""PoCtttcc In By the Ex-Committeeman Not only will Dauphin county elect a Senator next year, but most of the districts adjacent to this county will have the same elections, and most of the Senators, it may be said, are candidates for renomina tion. The year 1920 will have elec tions for Senator in odd-numbered districts, and over half of the Sen ate will be elected, as one or two vacancies will have to be filled. In this county Senator Frank A. Smith is expected to be a candidate again on the Republican ticket and will be re-elected. He was chosen last winter to fill the unexpired term of Lieutenant Governor Edward E. Beidleman. In the Cumberland-Perry-Juninta- Mifliln district names of ex-Itepie sontntives Thomas J.Ferguson, James H. Millhouse and Caleb B. Brinton, of Cumberland; Harry E. Ritter and John S. Eby, of Perry, and Repre sentative C. O. Corbin, of Mifflin, are mentioned for Republican Senator ial honors, with chances that it will go to Cumberland. Senator S. S. Leiby will be a candidate to succeed himself. In the lower Lancaster dis trict. Senator John G. Homslicr will run again and it is p'obnble that Col. Hotare L. Haldcman will again he a candidate in the upper Lancas ter and Lebanon distr'et. In Schuyl kill county. Senator Robert D. Hea ton. elected to fill the vacancy when Auditor General Charles A. Snyder went into State office, will be a can didate again. Up the river Senator W. O. Mc- Connell aspires to run again in (tie Northunibertand -Un'on -Snyder dis trict and will likely have some oppo sition for the nomination. Terms of the York-Adams and Blair-Huntingdon Senators will not expire. j —lllness of Attorney General A. [Mitchell Palmer will probably not [interfere with the work of his parti sans among the Democrats in pre paring for his campaign. The At torney General lias been keeping his weather eye on things in the home State, and, being in sole control of the organization, he will be in a position to take the center of the State when the December Demo cratic conference is held. Governor William C. Pp'onl goes away with his appointments putty [ well made to fill in the vacancies in the State government and with 1 the selections for the commission of j25 to study and recommend revision l of th> Constitution made up. The i commission will he announced within ia few days and it will be lefl largely Ito the Attorney General. William I. Sehaffer, to call the meeting. Mr. 'Schaffer's illness has kept him awav from Har ishurg tho last ten days, hot it is expected that he will he ■ i hie to resume his work by Thauhs- ;giving Day. j —Reorganization of the Depart ment of Labor ami Industry has been I under way lately with vigor, and [while thete has not been much said j about the changes they hnve been coming pretty regularly and in im portant places. Benjamin Jarrett. [Jr., the new member of the Com jpensation Board, will assume his work next week. He is an attorney and has been a student of compen sation laws and cases. —lt is possible that before long Some changes in tho" p foi , fcs of the I Banking Commissioner will he made, las well as that of the Commissioner |of Labor and Industry. The exam ! in;ng force of the Banking Depart [ment has been undergoing some 'changes, and additions will be made. —Col. Edward Martin, the State Commissioner of Health, is making rpp'd progress with the organization of his health committees in various countes und municipalities. In a number of the districts some of the most prominent men have agreed to serve. j —AuditoiM3cneral Charles A. Sn.v- I dor, who is charged with the tre j mendous task of organizing the mer ' cantile nnd other tax collections under the new acts, intends to name 'his appraisers early in December. I The Auditor General has cln.se to 10a such selections to make and has been j surprised at the number of near and dear friends that he has developed. ; This organization is going to he a I special favorite of the Auditor Cen jeral and he is giving close thought to building it up. | —People at the Capitol are dis cussing with interest an address 1 niade before this week's State Edu cational Congress here by Dr. Edgar j Dawson, Hunter College. New V'orK. i "Machine men are bette • citizens ] than the average reformer," Dr. I i i'.vson said to ihe civics group. I "Me takes an interest in the' affairs jot his community while the average i reformer is content with sitl : rg ' round his club doing nothing but criticise. Hs'.Tf the time the alleged 'good citizen' fails to cast his ballot. There is no self-government in com j munition where no one ran uiider j stand the machinery of control." he I said. "States a"" too hardened with I commissions nnd hoards and special j committees for rel democracy to j function. What's the use of talking ihovtt democracy when we don't I have it " t! e vision of S't'e consfit"- ft'ons n r o ans to check the growth | Bolshevism was. asked by D\ | Dawson, who is heading n committee I to draw tip model charters for cities and states. —Mayor-Heot Moore, of Phila-. delphta, declared yesterday that the j Department "of Public Welfare pro- j vtded for tinder the City Charter, l and through which he Intended to I solve the groat problem of unrest, ts i in jeopardy. It cannot he organ "zed.[ next year unless the prercnt council - I men busy themselves at once with I providing money for its creation, he said. At the same time, Mr. Moore took a (ling at the system of book keeping which had seemed to per meate the new 1320 budget, and said that he would not permit h's admin istration to he held responsible for any of the shortcomings of the Smith regime. As a sample of the manner in which he said the budget for next year had bean compiled h" pointed to the fa"t that the appropHa'ion asked bv the Department of Public I Works for street repairs and rcsur ' facing was only < $430,(100. Mr. \ Moore Intimated that a man with , only half an eye could see that at , least ten times that sum was tm i peratlvely needed, and that at least I $15,000,000 could he expended for Isnch purposes. lie said that an im mediate inc-ense in the tax rate and an I * crease in the budget annroprla j tions were urgent, and should not. be ■ passed along to his administration j when it was the duty of the present j councils to face the issue squarely j now and boost the levy. "If the prs -j ent councils." he said, "do not pro vide sufficient revenue for next year | as the law provides It may be nec j essary to reduce overhead expenses. I The present councils have the power Ito fix the tax rate that will permit the business of the city to go on In I full for next year." FIAKRISBURG ?*£IJ|SSFCL TELEGRAPH THAT GUILTIEST FEELING ByBRIGGS VOU SLIC6 YOUR DRWE INTO~~| RS~A> A YARD ADJOIMIMG THE GOLF COUR.SE JFV^W^ YOU FIND YOUR BALL. UNDER AN |